Well my idea for an Eragon/Spyro crossover was recieved quite well but it is clear to me that it will only be liked if I do it in another story, many people believe that it is to late to do a crossover in this one. As such I will start work on my next story and I hope to have the first chapter up in about two weeks. This will not affect the speed of updates for this one so do not worry. Now, enjoy this chapter.

Eragon didn't stop for the night when the moon began to rise. He didn't want to waste any time and even if he wanted to he felt like he couldn't sleep without Saphira by his side. Although he did used to sleep separately for long periods of time from Saphira he had grown far more attached to her and would only sleep with her.

He was fully aware that eventually he would have to sleep but he would put it off until he got to Ilirea. The ground zipped underneath him as he went and the stars sparkled overhead. He thought of Saphira alone in the cave and had the urge to turn back and go to her.

He shook his head and suppressed the urge. He knew these urges would begin to grow in strength until he could no longer resist them but for the time being he could do so. Hours passed and the moon slowly arched across the sky.

The horizon was starting to brighten as Eragon laid eyes on Ilirea. The city was still asleep as he circled it but he didn't care. Nasuada couldn't expect him to be patient when asking him to leave his mate so close to their season.

He landed quite roughly in the courtyard and ignored the watchmen that shushed him. "Do you have to be so loud, people are sleeping." Eragon lowered his head and fixed his large blue eyes on the guard causing him to shift under the dragon's gaze.

Do you really think I care? He asked. The guard slowly shook his head and Eragon snorted. Fetch Nasuada, she is expecting me and I am to take her to Ellesméra.

The guard quickly spoke to his comrade, and then turned back to Eragon. "I am sorry but she wasn't expecting you for at least another day. She is sleeping and wishes to not be disturbed."

Eragon growled angrily. Go and get her or I will make enough noise out here to wake the entire city. If she wants me to take her to Ellesméra she will leave when I say so, now GO! A small blue flame escaped his mouth as he roared, not loud enough to wake everyone but loud enough to make his point.

The guard quickly left and entered the castle. Eragon proceeded to sit on his haunches, his tail flicking behind him impatiently. He waited for almost ten minutes before the castle doors opened again.

The guard that Eragon had sent into the castle walked back out and was soon followed by three more and Nasuada in a night gown. She sleepily climbed down the stairs and walked up to Eragon. "What are you doing here so early? I thought that it would have been a while before you got here."

I left as soon as I got your message, now, hurry and get ready, we are leaving. Nasuada straightened up and looked Eragon in the eye.

"I will do no such thing, the sun is barely creeping over the horizon and I have duties to take care of before I leave tomorrow, you will have to wait." Eragon growled at her.

You are aware that you are asking me to do things for you that are incredibly hard for me to accept. Saphira is waiting for me in the Spine and it is taking me all my concentration to not abandon you here and return to her.

Nasuada scoffed. "You can't love her that much; surely you could leave her for a week." Eragon grew angrier.

Although I do love her, that has nothing to do with it. You do not know this but the dragon mating season begins in less than a week and I am being urged to be with Saphira. She will be feeling this stronger than I do and nothing will stop her from coming to get me if I am gone too long, something I do not intend to let happen.

Nasuada softened slightly. "I didn't know that and I was unaware that you would have such...raw instinct. Nevertheless I cannot leave at this very minute but I will endeavour to complete my duties as early as possible. Until then you can sleep in the throne room with Thorn, you won't need to enter the castle, the throne room doesn't have a roof or many walls left standing, you can fly straight in."

Eragon growled again. Thorn is still here? Why didn't you have him take you?

Nasuada didn't look away from the enraged dragon. "Because, he won't take Murtagh's egg with him nor will he leave it here unprotected by a dragon. I did ask him to take me but he was adamant."

Eragon roared and took off, leaving Nasuada and the guards in the courtyard. She was worried that Eragon was going to leave but she sighed with relief as she watched him turn towards the ruined tower where the throne room was located.

Eragon landed loudly on the charred floor waking Thorn who growled protectively. When he saw Eragon he settled down and uncovered the ruby red egg that he had quickly placed underneath him. What are you doing here? Thorn asked as Eragon began to lie down.

I am taking Nasuada to Ellesméra which is a lot more difficult than you might think.

Why would it be difficult? Where is Saphira? Eragon looked up at Thorn.

That is why it is difficult. She is in the Spine and I am here and as you know we will mate in a week. Thorn nodded.

I understand, how do you plan on reaching Ellesméra and returning to Saphira in a week? The journey there will take at least four days with Nasuada on your back.

I have no intention of taking four days. I will just not make as many stops as Nasuada expects.

Then I wish you luck and haste. Thorn put his head down next to Murtagh's egg and went back to sleep. Eragon also put his own head down and closed his bony eyelids. His last thoughts before he drifted off to sleep were of Saphira.

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Eragon awoke early and quickly went to find Nasuada. When he did find her he was turned away again and told that she would be ready to leave at noon. This irritated Eragon and he reluctantly went back to the throne room.

Once there Thorn asked Eragon if he wouldn't mind watching Murtagh's egg whilst Thorn went hunting. Eragon accepted and lay there for a while, the egg nestled between his two front claws.

Eragon thought about his future as he held the egg. He would soon have his own egg, maybe two, to protect and then hatchlings to feed and look after. Thinking about these things made Eragon feel warm inside and he suddenly felt very calm. He drifted off to sleep.

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"Wake up, Eragon, for somebody on a time limit you certainly don't stay consistent." Eragon clicked open his bony eyelids and locked his eyes onto Nasuada. He quickly got up, momentarily forgetting that he had had an egg in his hands. When he remembered he looked down, hoping he hadn't squashed it, and found that it was gone.

I took the egg back off you when I returned. Thorn said. Eragon turned around and saw the egg leaning against Thorn's side. He then looked back to Nasuada who was dressed for travel with a large pack by her side.

"I take it you will want to leave this minute?" Nasuada asked, which Eragon confirmed with a nod and a snort. "Then crouch down so I can put one of Saphira's saddles on you.

Eragon did as he was told and two guards carefully positioned the saddle on his back. Saphira's scent immediately wafted from the saddle and into his nostrils making him breathe deeply.

He lay perfectly still as Nasuada crawled underneath him, tightening the straps under his belly so that the saddle wouldn't slip off. She then proceeded to fit the top straps and positioned a loop over one of Eragon's spines.

When she was done she secured her pack to the back of the saddle and then climbed up and strapped in her legs. She was ready to go but Eragon didn't move. She tried to talk to him but he got no answer. She looked at the two guards that had accompanied her but they just shrugged.

Thorn spoke up. I suggest you give him a hard slap on the neck. He's wearing Saphira's saddle and her scent is bound to be on it, at the moment he is immobilized by it and needs to be snapped out of his trance. Nasuada cautiously slapped him on the neck. Harder than that, or you may find yourself being rushed to the Spine to watch some...interesting sights.

Nasuada didn't hesitate at this and slapped him as hard as she could. Eragon jerked and then snorted. "Are you ready to go now?" She asked him again quietly.

Of course I am, I was waiting for you. Eragon showed no indication that he knew that he was just in a trance and quickly took off, taking Nasuada high into the air before turning north east towards Ellesméra.

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They had travelled nonstop, much to Nasuada's dismay, who had never ridden a dragon before. Eragon only stopped for the night when she brought to his attention that it wasn't fair to expect her to do any hard riding.

His reply was that it was unfair to take him away from his mate on, what would be the equivalent to a human, their honeymoon. He still took her down to ground level on the eastern border of the Hadarac desert.

As they settled down for the night he warned her that they would be up early the next morning if they were to make it to Ellesméra in two days. She protested at the thought of two days hard riding but quickly quietened down when Eragon began to growl.

Eragon left her alone whilst he hunted and when he returned with a deer Nasuada watched in disgust as he ripped into the flesh. He noticed her watching. What? He asked, blood dripping from his mouth, when her gaze began to annoy him.

"How can you just eat it like that? I mean, you're eating the bones and everything." Eragon stared at her for a moment, took another large bite, cracking a few bones, and answered her.

I've been a dragon for over a month now and this is how dragons eat. Besides, it's extremely tasty and Saphira and I thoroughly enjoy it. If you don't like it I suppose I could go and eat elsewhere. Nasuada shook her head and Eragon continued to eat. She almost threw up when she saw him bite down on the deer's head and crack its skull.

Eragon rejoiced in the sound of her retching. Of course, he was doing this on purpose, just to make her feel as uncomfortable as possible. He didn't want to be here so he was just being cruel.

After his meal he went to wash in a stream and returned to find Nasuada asleep on a blanket. He quietly settled down himself, snaking his neck round his side so his head faced Saphira's saddle. The smell of her helped him to sleep.

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The next day consisted of the same thing. They rose early, packed up and headed off. By the end of that day they had reached the edge of Du Weldenvarden. Eragon's meal consisted of a wild horse, even though he wasn't that hungry, to further unsettle Nasuada.

She hadn't spoken much to him, as if they had lost all common interests. It was as if he being a dragon made her think of him as a completely different person and he could sense from her the reluctance to converse.

He didn't try to make his own conversation however, he preferred the silence, but he was worried how people viewed him now. He was well aware from the time he spent riding Saphira that some people just thought her to be an animal like a horse that he used to get around on. Many people didn't even know that dragons were intelligent.



He was worried that others would just consider him an animal now. He knew the elves wouldn't but the dwarfs and humans didn't hold the same respect for dragons as a whole.

On the third day, Eragon was flying over Du Weldenvarden and by nightfall had made it into Ellesméra. A group of elves were awaiting Nasuada as they landed and they helped to unbuckle Saphira's saddle.

Eragon didn't stay for long; he was tired and needed rest to make sure he could get to Saphira in time, so he headed to his and Saphira's Ellesméra home. He once again found that Saphira's scent was strong in the dais and he quickly fell asleep.

Unfortunately for him he was woken at early dawn by Arya who had came in through the trap door. She approached him. "Eragon, I know that you do not want to stay here for much longer but I need you to take an urgent message to Kirtan."

Eragon growled in frustration. But that is a half days flight away. I want to return to Saphira.

Arya's face softened. "I know you do but this message is very important and you are the fastest means of sending the message available at the moment. Please, will you take it?" Eragon roared but took the scroll from Arya's hand. He then took off to Kirtan, as fast as his wings could take him.

He arrived there just before noon and he quickly found the elf that the scroll was for. As he gave the scroll to him, and was about to leave, the elf stopped him and held out his hand. Eragon was horrified to see that the elf was holding another scroll. "The reply." The elf simply said.

Eragon snapped at him, making the elf flinch slightly but Eragon once again took the scroll and flew back to Ellesméra at a speed he didn't think possible. When he reached the city, three hours later, he couldn't find Arya anywhere.

He roared with rage and blew flames igniting a building. Elves quickly poured out of other buildings and used magic to quell the flames. This also caused Arya to appear who was looking furious. Before she could begin to shout at Eragon he threw the scroll at her feet and took off west, ignoring the angry shouts following him.

His mind was blank as he raced back towards the Spine. Nothing was going to stop him and if anything dared to try he would promptly put an end to its existence.

Hours past and night came and the huge trees of Du Weldenvarden quickly gave way to the rolling plains that separated Ceunon from the forest. As he passed over the North Sea to the Spine a smell caught in his nostrils.

The smell made him go faster as he realised that it was Saphira. As dawn approached he began to enter their territory. He only travelled a few meters past the border before he spotted something approaching him, the same speed he was travelling at, from the opposite direction.

He recognised it as Saphira and they flew closer to each other. Neither of them slowed down as the approached and they collided in the air. They gripped on to each other in all places as 

they fell through the sky. Their tongues danced over each other's bodies and they both growled with happiness and amorousness.

They stopped, only to prevent themselves from falling into the ground and then continued to roll around on the floor with each other. I missed you. She said to him, lustfully.

I missed you too. He replied with equal lust. They nuzzled each other and licked each other until Saphira stopped. Eragon watched as she growled seductively and prowled around him. He twitched slightly as her gaze fell on his tail. As he moved it from left to right her head followed it.

She quickly darted her head forward and bit the tip of his tail. Eragon didn't flinch, however and he carefully snaked his head around to her neck. Her eyes watched him intently and Eragon softly nuzzled her neck.

Mating season had begun and the two dragons were ready to begin.

The next chapter may not be ready for tuesday as it is obvious that the next one will nvolve mating and I have to be certain that it is not too...explicit. I will endevour to have it ready though so do not lose faith in my ability to update. Oh and give me feed back on this chapter, let me know if I got the feelings and urges right.